CONFERENCE COVERAGE: International Clubfoot Symposium

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The Ponseti method of clubfoot management has achieved worldwide 
acceptance, but practitioners and researchers are still working to identify the best ways to optimize clinical outcomes while remaining sensitive to issues of cost effectiveness and cultural differences. Clinicians from around the globe gathered in October at the second International Clubfoot Symposium to 
discuss their successes and challenges.

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CONFERENCE COVERAGE: International Clubfoot Symposium

The Ponseti method of clubfoot management has achieved worldwide 
acceptance, but practitioners and researchers are still working to identify the best ways to optimize clinical outcomes while remaining sensitive to issues of cost effectiveness and cultural differences. Clinicians from around the globe gathered in October at the second International Clubfoot Symposium to 
discuss their successes and challenges.

Resource-poor areas benefit from global outreach efforts

Treatment of children with clubfoot has evolved considerably in the five years that have elapsed since the inaugural International Clubfoot Symposium, and the benefits of this evolution are particularly evident in resource-poor nations—home to about 80% of the 200,000 children born each year with clubfoot. But practitioners who treat patients in these areas still face financial, cultural, and logistical challenges.

By Emily Delzell

Benefits of Ponseti method extend to older children

Clubfoot correction ideally should be performed during infancy, before children learn to walk, but experts agree that the Ponseti treatment method can also be effective in older children. Speakers at the International Clubfoot Symposium in October presented successful outcomes for Ponseti treatment of neglected clubfoot in patients aged up to 21 years.

By Jordana Bieze Foster

TATT in relapsed clubfeet can affect plantar flexion

Tibialis anterior tendon transfer (TATT) is known to be associated with limited ankle dorsiflexion, but practitioners should be aware that plantar flexion also can be negatively affected, according to research presented in October at the International Clubfoot Symposium.

By Jordana Bieze Foster